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Working Paper File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 1 60 0 1 6 280
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 3 58 0 0 11 150
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 1 48 0 2 14 296
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 0 51 0 1 7 80
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 2 5 115 4 9 20 400
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 1 20 0 0 1 133
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 1 28 0 0 4 81
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 30 30 2 2 32 32
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 154
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 23 0 2 5 254
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 91 1 2 9 545
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 1 1 4 229
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 0 203 0 3 15 684
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 1 1 1 58 1 1 2 270
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 9 9 9 1 7 7 7
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 2 146 0 0 7 334
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 1 2 29 29 2 3 30 30
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 0 2 51 0 0 3 173
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 4 36 1 1 11 29
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 0 1 18 0 1 12 162
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 0 1 1 1 2 6 6 6
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 0 1 344
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 1 1 1 78
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 0 4 9 313
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 118
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 2 2 5 49 2 4 16 176
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 1 1 6 1,826
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 1 176 1 2 9 455
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 3 119 2 3 20 228
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 0 23 2 2 9 70
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 1 70 0 1 12 216
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 1 1 86 0 1 6 121
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 1 11 0 0 3 21
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 0 0 4 107
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 2 78 2 2 7 91
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 1 1 3 240 1 4 16 384
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 1 1 3 74
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 149
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 1 153 0 0 2 1,278
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 40
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 169
Total Working Papers 5 20 111 2,724 28 69 333 10,587


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 2 2 6 132 2 5 24 611
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 0 1 73 1 4 7 458
African American Urban History Since World War II. Edited by Kenneth L. Kuzmer and Joe W. Trotter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. v, 536 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 125
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 2 20 3 5 17 108
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 183
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 6 48 0 3 13 237
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 17 0 0 4 58
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 0 0 2 98
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 4 268 1 3 13 916
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 1 70 1 3 13 509
Immigration in American Economic History 0 1 2 81 1 3 25 379
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 0 2 154 1 1 14 389
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 1 51 0 1 4 237
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 1 7 158 0 1 16 951
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Edited by Nancy Foner and George M. Fredrickson. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. Pp. ix, 390. $45.00 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 134
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 1 13 0 0 3 68
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 40 1 2 6 278
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 1 1 2 294 1 2 13 1,271
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 1 2 10 78 1 6 24 294
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 1 1 2 37 3 5 16 171
The New Suburban History. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 289. $24, paper 0 0 0 24 0 0 1 140
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 0 1 10 87 1 10 44 306
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 4 0 1 8 74
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 0 5 128
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 1 2 6 149 2 7 37 780
Total Journal Articles 6 11 66 1,935 19 62 310 8,903


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 110
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 261
Total Books 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 371


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 22
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 24
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 16
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 1 1 1 145
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 0 1 5 5 1 6 20 34
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 3 20 0 1 10 109
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 1 1 2 4 3 4 9 25
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Total Chapters 1 2 10 60 6 15 56 474


Statistics updated 2025-07-04